The Virgin of the Wind Rose: A Christopher Columbus Mystery-Thriller
About this ebook
Does the key to unlocking its explosive message lie buried with Christopher Columbus?
Rookie State Department lawyer Jaqueline Quartermane was never much good at puzzles.
But now, assigned to investigate the ritual murder of an American missionary in Ethiopia, she must solve the world's oldest palindrome—the infamous SATOR Square—to thwart a religious conspiracy that reaches back to the 15th century and a secretive monastic order of Portuguese sea explorers.
Separated by half a millennium, two espionage plots dovetail in this breakneck dual-narratives thriller, driven by history's most closely guarded mystery....
... the shocking secret that Columbus took to the grave.
If you're a fan of monastic cryptography, secret societies, relic heists, and esoteric conspiracies, don't wait to join the search for The Virgin of the Wind Rose.
What readers are saying:
"Impeccably research, high velocity! . . . If you love Steve Berry, Dan Brown or Umberto Eco, you may have a new author favorite in Glen Craney." -- BEST THRILLERS
"An exciting journey across time, with more twists and turns than a strawberry Twizzler.... Highly recommended." -- QUARTERDECK MAGAZINE
"Grips you in its teeth and whirls you through history... Naturally this novel will be compared to the books of Dan Brown but the quality of writing in The Virgin of the Wind Rose has the edge for me." -- ROSIE AMBER REVIEWS
"Fantastic and enthralling.... [W]ill keep you glued to your couch. Most certainly a tour-de-force." -- DAVID BEN EFRAIM, QBR REVIEWS
"I stayed up all night to finish this great read and was left wanting more... Mr. Craney is a master of holding back and building the suspense." -- ONE BOOK SHY OF A FULL SHELF
"Move over, Dan Brown!" -- SWEET MYSTERIES
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About the author
A graduate of Indiana University School of Law and Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, Glen Craney practiced trial law before joining the Washington, D.C. press corps to write about national politics and the Iran-contra trial for Congressional Quarterly magazine. In 1996, the Academy of Motion Pictures, Arts and Sciences awarded him the Nicholl Fellowship prize for best new screenwriting. His debut historical novel, The Fire and the Light, was named Best New Fiction by the National Indie Excellence Awards. He is a three-time Finalist/Honorable Mention winner of Foreword Magazine’s Book-of-the-Year and a Chaucer Award winner for Historical Fiction. His books have taken readers to Occitania during the Albigensian Crusade, the Scotland of Robert Bruce, Portugal during the Age of Discovery, the trenches of France during World War I, the battlefields of the Civil War, and the American Hoovervilles of the Great Depression. He lives in Malibu, California.
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